Just a quick one: I finally got tired of clicking through the Wartburg Seminary website, so I made a Firefox Search Shortcut out of the minimum URL needed. Just copy and paste this into a new bookmark in Firefox:
http://library.dbq.edu:8675/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=wts&index=.GW&term=%s
And set the keyword on the shortcut to lib. Then you can type lib Your Mom and get all items in the catalog that are about Your Mom.
I’ve come across a little trick that isn’t complicated at all, but saves me a ton of time searching through CPAN. You can add a custom search shortcut that allows you to skip typing search.cpan.org, then typing your search term, replacing it with something as simple as p Search::Term in the address bar.
To do this, first do a search on the site you’re interested in and bookmark the results. Then open the Bookmark Manager and click properties for the new bookmark.
You’ll need to change two things. First, add the keyword that you want to use. In my case, I chose p to stand for perl, but you can pick any letter or phrase you want. Then replace your search term in the bookmarked address (highlighted) with %s. Save the bookmark, and enjoy your new shortcut!
